Leighton Vaughan Williams

eBook, ePUB

Twisted Logic (eBook, ePUB)

Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Big Questions

Beschreibung

Draws upon an array of popular and novel puzzles, problems, and paradoxes, and uses these to help understand and navigate our everyday world. Addresses some of the big questions. Aimed at all those interested in learning about weird and wonderful problems and paradoxes.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz

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• Text-to-Speech
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• ARIA-Rollen für verbesserte strukturelle Navigation
• Navigation über vor-/zurück-Elemente ohne Inhaltsverzeichnis
• Inhalte verständlich ohne Farbwahrnehmung
• Seitennummerierung folgt dem gedruckten Werk
• Kurze Alternativtexte für nicht-textuelle Inhalte vorhanden
• Text und Medien in logischer Lesereihenfolge angeordnet
• Navigierbarer Index mit direktem Zugriff auf Indexbegriffe
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien
• Entspricht EPUB Accessibility Specification 1.1

Autor

Leighton Vaughan Williams, PhD, FHEA, has researched and published extensively in the areas of probability, risk, and choice under uncertainty, notably as Professor of Economics and Finance at Nottingham Business School, as well as Director of the Betting Research Unit and of the Political Forecasting Unit. He has given expert witness evidence before national and international courts of law, including the UK's Central Criminal Court and Scotland's Court of Session, as well as select committees of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He has served as a senior adviser to UK Government departments, including HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, as well as the National Audit Office.

Professor Vaughan Williams has taught and created courses nationally and internationally on the application of the tools of probability and statistics to real-world problems and paradoxes, and has organised a series of international conferences and symposia. He has served widely in editorial roles for leading academic journals and is an experienced consultant and expert witness. He is the author of 'Probability, Choice, and Reason', published by Chapman & Hall/CRC in 2021 and serves as President of Economic Issues.

Leighton was educated at University College, Cardiff (graduating summa cum laude), and at Hertford College, Oxford University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040038093
• Artikelnr.: 72241805